707th Special Mission Battalion

The 707th Special Mission Battalion (707th SMB) is an elite special forces unit of the South Korean military, founded on 17 April 1981. It was formed in reaction to the Munich massacre of 1972, as South Korea was preparing to host the Olympics in its capital of Seoul in 1988, and it sought to ensure that a counter-terrorist unit would be ready to deal with any potential threats. It came to have around 200 personnel, organized into two companies.